Editor’s Note: Due to space limitations and an oversight, Part II of our ‘Year in Review? did not run when it should have. We apologize for the inconvenience and present the rest of 2006 for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

August 24
Oxford School have 11 new teachers starting the 2005-06 school year.
The Village of Oxford’s cityhood committee kicked off its petition drive last week.
Johnston Photography has created a poster of the Wildcat football team to sell at home games and raise money for the program.
An unknown person or persons broke into the Medicine Room Pharmacy (765 S. Lapeer Road) by cutting a hole in the roof. Nothing was stolen. Oakland County Sheriff’s investigators have no leads or suspects.

August 31
Lack of revenue forced Addison officials to vote to cut funding for the 2006-07 fiscal year to the North Oakland Transportation Authority, Polly Ann Trail and Oxford-Addison Youth Assistance.
After 18 months of searching, Oxford-Orion FISH has a new home for its food pantry in the Village of Thomas as Thomas United Methodist Church sold the charity group Thomas Community Hall for the sum of $1.
Senior Cayla Stanard is Oxford High’s first majorette in 30 years.
After 20 years of teaching preschool at Daniel Axford Elementary, Fran Olsen is retiring.
The Oxford Village Council OK’d a $700,000 purchase agreement for a 3.42-acre industrial site along S. Glaspie Road. Officials are considering using the property for recreational purposes such as expanding Scripter Park. The deal is contingent on environmental testing.
Oxford Village will take over the Hot Blues and BBQ festival next year, replacing the Oxford DDA as the responsible party. They are considering moving it to Scripter Park.
September 7
Under the direction of Oxford Township Parks & Rec. Director Ron Davis, a bottled water drive is underway to aid evacuees from Hurricane Katrina who have flocked to Oxford, Mississippi. Dubbed ‘H2O ? Help to Oxford,? a convoy of trucks loaded with water will leave Oxford, Michigan for Oxford, Mississippi Sept. 9.
Patti Hillebrand, of Oxford, has gathered small personal items ? soap, deodorant, toothbrushes, underwear, socks, small toys, etc. ? for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Sue Pendred, owner of Art & Dick’s Party Store and an Oxford resident, is opening her home to any Hurricane Katrina evacuees who can make it to Michigan.
A group of Oxford Lakes children has collected $1,000 in one day and plans to donate the money to the Red Cross to help Hurricane Katrina victims.

September 14
The H20 convoy to Oxford, Mississippi was a complete success. The six-truck, 14-person convoy delivered between 50,000 and 60,000 bottles of water (plus other various supplies) to the between 2,000 and 4,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees staying in and around the southern city.
Jamie Graves, a 29-year-old Oxford resident, was shot to death in her car as it exited the parking lot of Angelo’s Coney Island in Flint. A 1995 OHS graduate, Flint Police say Graves was not the target, someone else in her car was.
Oxford resident Mark Harries, along with 10 officers from various police departments around Oakland County, travelled to hurricane-devastated New Orleans to deliver supplies to local law enforcement agencies down there. While there, Harries helped look for looters and survivors.
Tom Benner was elected to the Oxford Village Council. He beat opponent Sue McGinnis 97-30 in the village’s first regular election in September. It was also the village’s first contested council election since March 2000.

September 21
Veterinarian Catherine Theisen, a doctor at the Oxford Veterinary Hospital, spent two weeks in Louisiana helping animals left homeless, injured, hungry and lost as a result of Hurricane Katrina. She’s a member of the Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT).
Horse lovers are upset that small portions of the Polly Ann Trail in Leonard and Oxford will be paved with asphalt. They claim the surface is bad for horse’s feet.
Oxford Village has once again selected The Oxford Leader as its ‘newspaper of record? when it comes to publishing ‘all public notices.?
Oxford-Addison Youth Assistance has voted to eliminate services to Addison Township as of Dec. 31, 2005 if it does notify OAYA of its intention to provide funding to it for 2006.
A public hearing is set for a proposed 99,951-square-foot shopping center ? featuring a 37-foot-wide outdoor promenade ? on the east side of M-24, adjacent to Meijer on the south side. The project is called ‘The Promenade at Waterstone.?

September 28
OHS seniors Brad Dugan and Kelly Oles were crowned Homecoming King and Queen.
Addison’s Hunter Strunk, 8, has taken delivery of his new electronic wheelchair lift and van. He and his mom, Pam, are very grateful to the Oxford community.
Scott Donald Sinagra, a 27-year-old Canton man, was killed in a crash while riding his motorcyle at the intersection of Lakeville and Lake George roads.

October 5
Fire destroys a 5,600-square-foot quonset hut at 98 S. Glaspie Street. The quonset hut was built in the late 1950 or early 1960s when the property was owned by Smith Silo. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Oxford Schools have a total of 4,202 pupils this year, an increase of 106 students over last year.
Local lawyers have formed the Orion/Oxford Local Bar Association to help improve the public’s perception of attorneys and perform various community service functions.
Oxford resident Bernard Nolan, 33, was recently reunited with his mother Julia after spending 20 years apart. A chance meeting at the Dixieland Antique Flea Market in Waterford led to the reunion.

October 12
Diane Giroux, of Oxford, is collected items and cash donations to send Christmas care packages to 141 Army National Guardsmen from Michigan’s 125th Infantry serving in Iraq. Among the soldiers is her son, Ryan, 21, a 2002 graduate of Oxford High.
Main Street experts tell Oxford’s DDA to determine what downtown Oxford’s ‘brand? is ? something readiuly identifiable with Oxford, something the town ‘does well? ? and promote it.

October 19
Eights bids are received for construction of a new Oxford Township hall, ranging from $1,552,436 to $1.999 million. Because all the bids exceed the township’s self-imposed $1.335 million spending limit, officials decide to step back and seek a more complete financial picture of how much money is available and what’s been spent already.
Oxford Township officials have decidedtownship and village planning commissioners will work together in an ‘informal and advisory? capacity to study and make recommendations regarding eventual development of the nearly 1,200-acre Koenig Sand & Gravel property.
Oxford Village Treasurer Linda Smith retires after 27? years of faithful service. The soft-spoken and kind Smith will be dearly missed.

October 26
Melinda Beaudry, a 67-year-old Addison resident, flew her 301st flight as part of the ‘Young Eagles,? a program sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association in Wisconsin. Launched in 1992, the program is a way for volunteer pilots to expose young people ages 8 to 17 to the world of aviation by taking a free flight.
Drs. Chuck and Elizabeth McGhee have opened the North Oakland Veterinary Clinic at 340 N. Lapeer Road in Oxford.
Steve Charles, a 40-year-old Oxford resident, has invented a welding helmet that allows wearers to breath comfortably and safely.
A 49-year-old Leonard man suspected of drunken driving causes a string of accidents along M-24 stretching from Orion to Oxford.

November 2
Oxford Village resident and township Supervisor’s Bill Dunn’s petition to stop the village from spending any more money or taking any further action regarding cityhood was unanimously rejected by the village council. The petition was signed by 358 village residents.
Oxford Ace Hardware is now officially Grove’s True Value Hardware as the sign in front of the store is changed.
Former Oxford residents Lori M. Scriver-VanMeter, 43, and Mark J. VanMeter, 44, died in an apparent murder-suicide at the couple’s home in the City of Lapeer. Police say VanMeter apparently shot his wife then shot himself.

November 9
Juwan Moody, a 13-year-old student at Oxford Middle School, is such a talented basketball player he’s gets calls from college recruiters and the national media.
Oxford resident Beth Morrison, 45, is leading the local crusade against domestic violence and sexual assault as the president and CEO of the Pontiac-based HAVEN, which stands for Help Against Violent Encounters Now.
Winds gusting around 50 miles per hour downed trees and power lines in the Oxford-Addison area.

November 16
A preliminary site plan showing the potential development of the 1,169-acre Koenig Sand & Gravel property calls for 2,757 single family and attached homes sitting on 1,001 acres of usuable land. The plan also calls for 418 acres of open space and land set aside for a strip mall, fire station, elementary school, recreation field and senior citizens center. Resident voice opposition to such a high density.
Oxford Township officials announce their intention to enter into a $1.57 million contract with the Grand Blanc-based R.L. White Construction & Development Corporation for construction of a new 14,024-square-foot municipal office complex.
After 32 years of housing its food pantry for the needy in the basement of Immanuel Congregational United Church of Christ, Oxford/Orion FISH moved into its new home at Thomas Community Hall in the Village of Thomas.
In preparation to take over the Oxford Fire Department as of Jan. 1, 2006, officials vote to hire all existing fire employees and negotiate a contract with Chief Jack LeRoy.

November 23
Forbidden Wheels Oakland County Charter, a recreational motorcycle club, donates 100 frozen turkeys to Oxford/Orion FISH.
Oxford teachers Jean Swartzmiller, Linda Ruby and Chuck Currie secured a total of $3,000 in grants for the district.
POH Medical Center’Oxford is now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

November 30
Former Oxford Township Supervisor Robert W. Clack (1970 to 1980) passed away at the age of 83.
For the second year in a row, the Oxford area saw snow on Thanksgiving Day. About 5.8 inches of the dreaded white stuff fell between Nov. 23 and 26.
Site plan approval was granted with a laundry list of 10 contingencies for development of a 19,644-square-foot retail/office building on S. Washington St. between Broadway and Ensley streets.

December 7
Longtime Oxford resident and community fixture George Hesketh passes away at the age of 80.
Operation Christmas is a total success as Diane Giroux, of Oxford, collected enough materials to mail 158 Christmas care packages to members of the Michigan Army National Guard’s 125th Infantry serving overseas (mostly in Iraq) and recovering at home from battlefield injuries.
OHS Drama Club to present the musical ‘Scrooge.? It’s been 10 years since the school put on the production.

December 14
The Oxford Village Council has agreed to let the township provide fire services to the village from 2006 to 2011, but is demanding payment of its equity share in the department’s assets ‘forthwith.?
Tom Toteff, owner of Tom’s Hardware in Oxford, received a U.S. patent for invention ‘FASTRAC,? an adjustable tie-down system he invented for securing and transporting dirt bikes, motocycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, or whatever you need.

December 21
Oxford Township officials voted to increase water bills by $128 per year and tap fees from $4,800 to $6,075 in order to pay off $17.725 million in bonds for planned improvements to the municipal water system.
Jack LeRoy is hired as the chief of the township-owned Oxford Fire Deparment which begins Jan. 1, 2006.
Oxford Township officials approve a $1.576 million contract with the Grand Blanc-based R.L. White Construction and Development Corporation to build a new 14,024-square-foot municipal office complex on Granger Road, just north of Seymour Lake Road.
The Oxford Public Library celebrated its 80th anniversary this week with a big party and dedication of its new Teen and Adult Technology areas (a $350,000 project) in memory of Don Lovell, a former library board member since 1976 who died in May.

December 28
Caitlin Hubbard, 18, of Addison, has been nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy by U.S. Rep Mike Rogers and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
Oxford Township officials voted to authorize the Road Commission for Oakland County to utilize the engineering firm of Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc. for the paving design of Ray Road between M-24 and N. Oxford Road.The total cost for the design work is $98,513 of which the township’s share would be $32,838 using its annual Tri-Party funding allocation.
The Oxford Public Library received a $1,000 award from the state for its endowment fund.